Covered dustpan



Feb, 7, 1950 w. F. MALONE 2,496,735

COVERED DUSTPAN Filed June 1s, 1.948

INVENTOR. WALTER F. MALONE Jim/"megs Patented Feb. 7, 1950 TiEFD' TATfEiS ENT *fOiF-ifFlCfE COVERED DUSTPAN Walter FrancisiMalone, Longview, Washa pli ation-June 1s, mesbseriarNor-33,855

' 131111. (ones-e) 'This "inventionirelates rtoea rdustpanyiand aparticularly to type of dustpan rhavingtaa'hingedtcover :upon a portion thereof.

'Dhe main "object: OftmyiillVGlltiOn Eis :tOIPIOVidG :means for sweeping up dust ..and:.'dirt without 1 danger of the dust flying a'boutduringtthessweep- Lupoperation by catchingiand coveringlthe dustras received.

Another object iis to "provide 'idust-receiving means'of the; character!indicatectlhalling.fianilitie lfor matching: and'btrappingethedust randidirt received A and thereby: covering it 320; preventlaccidental escape or spreading'thereof.

.A further-object is also toprovide such dustreceiving means with "facilities for discharging .a load of dust without.-spilling'eoriscattering any of the contents being discharged.

J It=is likewise an object to make:=afdustpan having the outlined characteristicssofvsimplerand practical. form-land abreasonablecest in order to encourage wide adoption and general use, thereby'con ferring on the publid- -the advantages-=acc'ruing fromits-practiealapplication.

I Other bbjectsand advantages-of my invention "will appear in further detail-as the specificatio proceeds. 1

In order to-facilitate -raady comprehension of this invention fora proper appreciation ofthe "is difiicult toobserveawhen i handling :a dustpan -of the well known type.

After considering:this problem, I'-'have found "it 'quite feasible toconstruct-a .speciallrdustpan "avoiding the mentioned disadvantages and fulfilling the foregoing objects, as willabe described "forthwith.

1 Hence, in the practice of my invention andreferringzagain to the drawing-thenovel ldustpan,

generally indicated A ati-.'5, :includes lakdustgbin for box consisting of 1 a substantially'fiat bottom '6, an upright front Wall' --1,:an uprightreanwall Bland an end walk- 9 connected to the :bottomrand the "front and rear walls, the nearuendvof the :box

extending-integrally from-the :upper end oredge pan made according to the invention and embodying the same in a practical form;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same covered dustpan;

Figure 3 is a transverse section of the pan of Figure 2 taken on line 3-3.

In the three views, the same reference numerals indicate the same parts.

In sweeping the rooms in a house, the housewife is constantly chasing dirt, and particularly dust, which she sweeps into small heaps to be swept up one after the other. However, at this point, the housewife runs afoul of the danger of partly undoing her work, as the act of sweeping up piles of dirt into conventional dustpans tends to raise some of the dust into the air to settle again about the room and on the floor because it is all too easily disturbed and caused to fly up and float around instead of dropping and remaining on the dustpan used. Similar remarks apply to the disposal of the dust accumulated on the dustpan, for some will tend to be spilled and some will certainly tend to fiy up in the air as caution -H thereof. 'Ihis forwardly-inclined lip is oflsuf- 'fi'cient-length to -reach to the flooiwwith itsforward edgetZ-when the bottom 6 ofwthe pan lies flat on the same floon and" both widens gradually fromthe-upper portion thereof andhas a-pairof side==walls l3 and M :toconfinethe dustupon -the'dip' L between said walls 1 during the-sweep-up operation. v Uponthe rear wall 8,-

arearwardly and upwardly-arched dust catcher 15 embodying an arcuate cup-member which connects-integrally-- with the upper edge I fi thereofand: at the nearend has an en'dwall l"!-- fixed-thereto. At the other end 'the end wall 9 of the pan has a correspondingrear- Ward integral extension l8 connecting with the arcuate dust catcher [5, while the height of the rear upper portion of the latter is so calculated that the upper edge IQ of end wall sections 9 and I8 when out straight from the rear of the dust catcher [5 to the upper edge ll of front wall 1, this upper edge I9 will be substantially in line with the inclined plane of the inclined lip ill for a purpose which will immediately appear.

The upper end or edge of arcuate dust catcher I5 is formed or provided with hinge members 20, 20 to which corresponding hinge members or sections 2|, 2! of a substantially flat dustpan cover 22 are connected by means of a hinge pin 23. Upon the rear upper portion of the arcuate dust collector l5 and immediately beneath the hinge portions thereof is located a handle 24 fixed to the dust collector by means of a bolt 25 for handling the dustpan, while immediately above the hinge members and the handle is a rearwardly-extending lifting tongue or lug 26 which is riveted at 21 to the rear portion of the cover 22. The latter projects with on the floor with the bottom thereof lying flat Having now fully described my invention, I claim:

A covered dust pan comprising a horizontally disposed bottom, vertically disposed front and rear walls arranged in parallel spaced relation with respect to each other and fixedly carried by said bottom, a downwardly inclined tray extending forwardly from said front wall and having one edge rigidly secured to the upper edge of said front wall, the lower edge of said tray on this floor and the cover raised by pressing on the tongue 26; the cover is thus raised into the position mentioned in Figure 3 and the dust simply swept up the inclined lip or tray in into* the dust bin formed by the bottom 6 and the, front and rear walls 1 and 8 and end wall 9. In this operation, some of the dust will tend to float in the air, but as it strikes the bottom 'of the cover I9 and is precipitated rearwardly,

it is caught by the dust catcher i5 and there- Y fore does not escape but tends to drop into the dust bin between walls 7 and 8 when the cover is released and allowed to drop into its normal position shown in full lines in views.

When this dustpan is to be emptied, it also has facili- -ties for making certain that the dust will not fl about, but will properly be discharged from a single point of the dustpan.

For this purpose, the open end of the dust I bin or box including the bottom 6 and the front and rear walls 7 and 8, projects beyond the end wall I! of the dust catcher l5, as well as the end of the cover 22 at 30 to form a pouring spout which may readily be directed into a garbage can or an ash can or other receptacle, and the dustpan tilted up sidewise so that the closed end is highest while the cover 22 remains closed and the dust found on the bottom 6 between front and rear walls "I and 8 will be dropped out of the extended end 30 just mentioned with a minimum of stirring up of the dust accumulated therein and being dropped into the receptacle.

, The dustpan may be made of sheet metal or any other material which is suitable for the purpose and hence the material of which it is made forms 1 no limitation as to the manufacture thereof.

Manifestly, variations may be resorted to and parts and features may be modified or used without others within the scope of the appended claim.

being disposed in the same plane as said bottom, a dust catcher comprising a horizontally disposed "arcuate cup member having an end wall posiitioned adjacent one end thereof and rigidly secured to saidcup member, said dust catcher being arranged above and rearwardly of said rear wall and fixedly secured to the latter, another end wall extending across the other end of said ar- -cuate cup member and the adjacent ends of said front and rear walls and fixedly secured to said arcuatemember and said front and rear Number walls, a cover positioned in a plane parallel to said downwardly-inclined tray and having one side edge pivotally secured to the uppermost side edge of said arcuate cup member for swinging movement about same as a horizontal axis, the other side edge of said cover normally resting upon the front wall, manually actuable means on said cover for effecting said swinging movement, and the end of said bottom, front and rear walls adjacent said first-mentioned end wall of said arcuate cup member being extended so as to form a pouring spout.

WALTER FRANCIS MALONE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date 389,366 Cunningham Sept. 11, 1888 407,133 Spurgin July 16, 1889 492,373 Minor Feb. 21, 1893 586,358 Hannigan July 13, 1897 720,761 Wade Feb. 17, 1903 1,238,860 Williams et al. Sept. 4, 1917 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date France Dec. 16, 1911 

